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i think the key player is mitch mcconnell to watch. we're getting potentially more information about what is happening next. our capitol hill producer deidre walsh was there when some of the leaders returned and she spoke with nancy pelosi who said this meeting was constructive and candid. here's what is especially interesting. nancy pelosi told reporters that the president led a meeting that ended with senators reid and mcconnell trying to work something out between the two of them. now it seems like we've gone from a process that was president obama and speaker boehner and then today to five leaders back to two. and those two, for the moment, seem to be senator reid and senator mccon until. also, i had a source in senator mcconnell's office who said we should be getting a statement from the republican leader of the senate any time now. so that statement will tell us a lot, candy. >> it will. but we also know that even though it's in the senate hands now which is basically where speaker boehner tossed it when he couldn't get his plan
i think the key player is mitch mcconnell to watch. we're getting potentially more information about what is happening next. our capitol hill producer deidre walsh was there when some of the leaders returned and she spoke with nancy pelosi who said this meeting was constructive and candid. here's what is especially interesting. nancy pelosi told reporters that the president led a meeting that ended with senators reid and mcconnell trying to work something out between the two of them. now it...
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doesn't speak for mitch mcconnell. and they don't support the things he was saying about rape and so forth. >> we've invited him to join us in the next two hours. see if he makes a call. if he wants to join us, he's more than welcome. get his last words before the 6:00 p.m. eastern deadline. thanks very much. we'll standby for breaking news. if it happens on that front. meanwhile, abortion is now center stage in the battle for the white house. only a week before the start -- less than a week i should say before the start of the republican convention republicans have just approved a tough new platform against the politically charged issue. and there are concerns there could be some fallout for mitt romney. let's get the latest. our cnn political reporter, peter hamby first broke the story of the abortion platform stance. what is the latest on this sensitive subject, pete? >> reporter: you're right, wolf. the it's the only story coming out of tampa today. basically what's happening just a few feet from me is the republic
doesn't speak for mitch mcconnell. and they don't support the things he was saying about rape and so forth. >> we've invited him to join us in the next two hours. see if he makes a call. if he wants to join us, he's more than welcome. get his last words before the 6:00 p.m. eastern deadline. thanks very much. we'll standby for breaking news. if it happens on that front. meanwhile, abortion is now center stage in the battle for the white house. only a week before the start -- less than a...
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>> mitch mcconnell, top republican on the senate side, we'll get his view of how he thinks the romney campaign is going. and also, what does the senate plan to do between now and november? >> 9:00 a.m. eastern/noon eastern, "state of the union with candy crowley." thanks very much. >>> a horrible plunge from seven miles high, 228 lives lost over the atlantic. investigators largely blame pilot air for that air france crash. we're taking a closer look at whether it could happen again. >>> and survivors tell us about their desperate struggle on the night their cruise ship capsized off the italian coast. [ male announcer ] this is sheldon, whose long dy setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. >>> it was a horrible plunge from seven miles high that ended at the bottom of the atlantic ocean. now investigators have released their final report, detailing why 228 people aboard an air france jet plummeted to their deaths three year
>> mitch mcconnell, top republican on the senate side, we'll get his view of how he thinks the romney campaign is going. and also, what does the senate plan to do between now and november? >> 9:00 a.m. eastern/noon eastern, "state of the union with candy crowley." thanks very much. >>> a horrible plunge from seven miles high, 228 lives lost over the atlantic. investigators largely blame pilot air for that air france crash. we're taking a closer look at whether it...
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so i think you're going to be hearing a lot more about what mitch mcconnell just said with republicans saying -- they're going to say this is the largest tax increase to come down the pike. maybe in history. >> it's a little awkward for the romney campaign to be doing that because romney supported a mandate, an individual mandate in massachusetts with penalties, ie, tax increases in massachusetts. >> right. >> so it's an argument he's going to have a tough time making. >> that's wlie during the primaries, wolf, as you recall, rick santorum was out there making the argument, mitt romney is not the man to argue against obama care. >> he didn't say that. he said he was the worst man to make the argument. that's what rick santorum said then. >> and now of course he's supporting mitt romney, but for that very reason he said he can't make the case. however, i do believe now that there's one candidate against the incumbent president that mitt romney will be making that case and that republicans have no choice but to follow him because he's their presumptivive nominee. >> he certainly is. you
so i think you're going to be hearing a lot more about what mitch mcconnell just said with republicans saying -- they're going to say this is the largest tax increase to come down the pike. maybe in history. >> it's a little awkward for the romney campaign to be doing that because romney supported a mandate, an individual mandate in massachusetts with penalties, ie, tax increases in massachusetts. >> right. >> so it's an argument he's going to have a tough time making....
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reached into mitch mcconnell's own state of kentucky where mitch mcconnell had a hand picked junior senator and jim demint said i want my guy, rand paul, and fought mcconnell in his own state and beat him. that was a demonstration of the balance of power in the senate. and i think it left a lot of ill will behind. as we saw today in that not altogether enthusiastic announcement. >> not exactly crying when he heard jim demint was leaving. we're talking about mitch mcconnell. is this good for the democrats or bad for the democrats, donna? >> well, it's a mixed blessing, i think. i think on one hand he's a wonderful southern gentleman. everyone likes him personally. but everyone knows that he is to the right of just about everybody else in the united states senate when it comes to public policy and personnel in terms of going out there and recruiting other conservative republicans. it's a perfect match for the heritage foundation to have him at the helms. but i think in terms of overall, i don't believe this is going to hurt senator mcconnell at all. >> erick, for the conservative move
reached into mitch mcconnell's own state of kentucky where mitch mcconnell had a hand picked junior senator and jim demint said i want my guy, rand paul, and fought mcconnell in his own state and beat him. that was a demonstration of the balance of power in the senate. and i think it left a lot of ill will behind. as we saw today in that not altogether enthusiastic announcement. >> not exactly crying when he heard jim demint was leaving. we're talking about mitch mcconnell. is this good...
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i asked senate republican leader mitch mcconnell what's wrong with this bill when he and others supported disclosure before. >> me? >> i'm sorry. you, senator, why are you opposed to this disclosure act? >> glad you asked the question, joe. this is about selective disclosure of 501 c 4s with a huge carve-out for labor unions so the law doesn't have to apply to them. there's no balance. it's not appropriate. >> reporter: what mcconnell is saying is that democrats are trying to shield their rank and file friends in organized labor who pay less than $10,000 in dues from getting outed by the federal election commission. i asked senate democratic leader harry reid about that. why should unions and other associations that pay dues also have to disclose that information? >> everyone is bound by this. unions -- the only reason we had the upper limit is we thought that perhaps with the nra having so much power on the republicans that we would raise that to $10,000, which we were told would make them happy. but it didn't make any difference to the republicans. >> reporter: so do mcconnell and reid'
i asked senate republican leader mitch mcconnell what's wrong with this bill when he and others supported disclosure before. >> me? >> i'm sorry. you, senator, why are you opposed to this disclosure act? >> glad you asked the question, joe. this is about selective disclosure of 501 c 4s with a huge carve-out for labor unions so the law doesn't have to apply to them. there's no balance. it's not appropriate. >> reporter: what mcconnell is saying is that democrats are...
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>> reporter: i actually asked the senator republican leader, mitch mcconnell, about that. it was really mitt romney dissing him and other republicans here for going along with this deal known as sequestration, automatic spending cuts. i want you to listen to the exchange that i had with him, but i also want you to look at the forced smile on mitch mcconnell's face. >> look, i don't have any interest in getting into a debate with the nominee of our party. i know -- i know you'd like me to do that, but i don't have any interest in doing that. you'll have to ask him why he said what he said. >> so he clearly didn't want to engage there. as for house speaker, john boehner, he was, of course, the one who was having the direct negotiations, ill-fated negotiations, with president obama, on the whole idea of cutting the budget, wicutting t deficit. that did not work and led to this whole sequestration. he responded to mitt romney's criticism by defending his own role. listen to that. >> listen, it was certainly a difficult -- a difficult time. i still look at my failure to come to
>> reporter: i actually asked the senator republican leader, mitch mcconnell, about that. it was really mitt romney dissing him and other republicans here for going along with this deal known as sequestration, automatic spending cuts. i want you to listen to the exchange that i had with him, but i also want you to look at the forced smile on mitch mcconnell's face. >> look, i don't have any interest in getting into a debate with the nominee of our party. i know -- i know you'd like...
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in the 2014 midterm election against senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell. >> i am very proud to be a kentuckyian. >> reporter: politico says she even discussed the idea with democrats in congress. cnn political editor paul steinhauser says either way, her star power is a big plus. >> she is well known across the country and in kentucky. she'll probably excite democrats and especially liberals across the country. that could equal a lot of money. >> reporter: judd, an outspoken supporter of president obama, is no stranger to the political scene. she was a tennessee delegate at the democratic national convention in september and is widely recognized for her work in environmental and social issues. the actress has devoted her time to fighting poverty in third world countries. as a board member of population services international, a d.c.-based group with programs worldwide targeting issues like malaria, hiv, and reproductive health. but her stance on one environmental issue in the eastern kentucky appalachians could have an impact on any potential bid for senate. >> i hope you will com
in the 2014 midterm election against senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell. >> i am very proud to be a kentuckyian. >> reporter: politico says she even discussed the idea with democrats in congress. cnn political editor paul steinhauser says either way, her star power is a big plus. >> she is well known across the country and in kentucky. she'll probably excite democrats and especially liberals across the country. that could equal a lot of money. >> reporter: judd, an...
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. >> the democrats to have what mitch mcconnell said early on, the number one goal of the republican is also to defeat the president. make sure he doesn't serve a second term. >> when you say that, what is the public supposed to think? and it gives the president an opportunity. >> so tw the question the democrats can't seem to escape, are you better off now than you were four years ago? but some answers could create a major stumbling block before the convention begins. i'll ask the chair of the democratic national committee, debbie wasserman schultz. plus vice president joe biden is addressing the question head on. and he isn't mincing words. continuing to lend and investe in communities across the country. whether it's supporting a delaware nonprofit that's providing training and employment opportunities, investing in the revitalization of a neighborhood in the bronx, or providing the financing to help a beloved san diego bakery expand, what's important to communities across the country is important to us. and we're proud to work with all of those who are creating a stronger future
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you're aware of what mitch mcconnell said years ago when the president was first being inaugurated. number one goal to make the president a one-term president. we know that republicans were conspireing on the night of the president's inaugural to block anything from getting through so the president wouldn't have a record. well, he does have a record. through his own initiative, through executive actions to move this country forward and also passed monumental legislation whether it's holding wall street accountable, playing by the same rules as main street, historic health care reform. after 70 years of trying we have historic health care reform. peel all over the country benefiting from it. tax cuts. on average, middle class family's taxes $3,600 less than when we took office. the president turned the economy around. we have more work to do. he has a yaend to do that. we need willing partners. he talked about the election as breaking the fever. the reason we don't have a deficit reduction deal, the reason why we're dealing with sequesters is because republicans won't give an inch. w
you're aware of what mitch mcconnell said years ago when the president was first being inaugurated. number one goal to make the president a one-term president. we know that republicans were conspireing on the night of the president's inaugural to block anything from getting through so the president wouldn't have a record. well, he does have a record. through his own initiative, through executive actions to move this country forward and also passed monumental legislation whether it's holding...
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mcconnell. is he planning on sitting down with those two republican leaders any time soon? is the white house saying? >> reporter: there's nothing announced for a leaders meeting so far. but i am certain, wolf, that that will be coming because there's such important negotiations ahead. i'm told that the president's conversation with speaker boehner was courteous, it was brief. and i'm told that they also discussed the importance of keeping their public statements vague or general enough so that they leave themselves enough private negotiating room to get a deal done to avoid the fiscal cliff, wolf. >> that's probably smart too. thanks very much for that, jessica. let's dig a little bit deeper right now with our chief political analyst gloria borger. isn't his responsibility right now though to take the first step, offer a proposal to boehner, to mcconnell, to the republicans? we assume that the democrats, nancy pelosi would go along and harry reid would go along with the president. >> well, i th
mcconnell. is he planning on sitting down with those two republican leaders any time soon? is the white house saying? >> reporter: there's nothing announced for a leaders meeting so far. but i am certain, wolf, that that will be coming because there's such important negotiations ahead. i'm told that the president's conversation with speaker boehner was courteous, it was brief. and i'm told that they also discussed the importance of keeping their public statements vague or general enough...
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listen to mitch mcconnell, top republican in the senate when he was asked about romney releasing his tax returns. >> i wish the president would let us know what he knew about fast and furious. he is in office, that's directly related to his re-election, his performance. those are the kinds of disclosure issues if you will that i think the american people are really interested in. the campaign can speak for itself on its strategy. >> as you know, the attorney general of the united states has been held in criminal contempt by the house of representatives, the body you used to serve, for not releasing all of the documents they want in this botched investigation. >> the administration, the white house and effected agencies have issued thousands of -- >> not all of the documents -- >> that will be litigated. but nobody can say anybody is hiding the essence of what -- >> republicans are saying that. >> fine. but the point is that governor romney and the presidential race, it is not about how the obama people would respond, how the decrats will respond, this is about the american people's r
listen to mitch mcconnell, top republican in the senate when he was asked about romney releasing his tax returns. >> i wish the president would let us know what he knew about fast and furious. he is in office, that's directly related to his re-election, his performance. those are the kinds of disclosure issues if you will that i think the american people are really interested in. the campaign can speak for itself on its strategy. >> as you know, the attorney general of the united...
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and today the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell came out and said, you know, we're not going to say anything until we speak out in the conference later this week, a major latino conference of elected officials. what mitt romney is doing is he's saying, look, i'm going to focus on the economy. jobs is the number one issue for hispanic voters. the economy is the number one issue for hispanic voters. and the campaign is making a bet that those hispanic voters who believe immigration is the number one issue are going to be voting for president obama anyway. so he's going to stay on message. now, whether he will go beyond what he said, which is he wants some version of the dream act for the children of military families, for example. we'll have to wait until that conference. but expect him to talk a lot more about the economy and hispanics. >> marco rubio, he had his own ideas about a modified version of the dream act. he's the very popular republican senator from florida. where does this put him right now? >> well, again, in a tough spot. and in a way i think he's become a little
and today the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell came out and said, you know, we're not going to say anything until we speak out in the conference later this week, a major latino conference of elected officials. what mitt romney is doing is he's saying, look, i'm going to focus on the economy. jobs is the number one issue for hispanic voters. the economy is the number one issue for hispanic voters. and the campaign is making a bet that those hispanic voters who believe immigration is the...
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. >> this must make mitch mcconnell crazy. >> oh, i can't even imagine. >>> thanks very much. former president bill clinton is sounding off on one of the key international issues of this election campaign. what to do about iran and the claim by iranian leaders that they're not pursuing a nuclear weapon. he spoke with cnn's piers morgan today. listen to this. >> what they're really saying is in spite of the fact that we threatened israel, demonized the united states, we do all this stuff, we want you to trust us. in spite of the fact that we won't cooperate with the international regime set up to avoid an arms race in the middle east and set up to avoid nuclear proliferation, we want you to trust us. so they don't have a tenable position. they don't have a tenable position. >> do you trust ahmadinejad? >> not on this i don't. >> why should america be allowed nuclear weapons? why should israel who've never admitted they have them, why should they be permitted to have them? why should many countries be allowed nuclear weapons and not iran? >> well then why isn't he going for some
. >> this must make mitch mcconnell crazy. >> oh, i can't even imagine. >>> thanks very much. former president bill clinton is sounding off on one of the key international issues of this election campaign. what to do about iran and the claim by iranian leaders that they're not pursuing a nuclear weapon. he spoke with cnn's piers morgan today. listen to this. >> what they're really saying is in spite of the fact that we threatened israel, demonized the united states,...
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speaking of which, mitch mcconnell may be in the minority now, but he happened to mention sunday that november could change things. >> if i'm the leader of the majority next year, i commit to the american people that the repeal of obamacare will be job one. by the way, i think we will also be insisting that we have a vote on obama care again before the election. but in terms of achieving it, it would take a different senate with a different majority leader and a different president. >> which brings us to where the supreme court really sent the health care debate. >> it's beyond congress, the president and the supreme court. the american people will be the judge and jury of this law come november. >> turns out, you can go higher than the high court. candy crowley, cnn, washington. >> all right. let's take a look right now at the strategy session. two of cnn political contributors joining me. the democratic strategist maria cardona and editor in chief of the conservative political blog, redstate.com. and the brand new cnn orc poll that's coming up this hour, registered voters nationwide
speaking of which, mitch mcconnell may be in the minority now, but he happened to mention sunday that november could change things. >> if i'm the leader of the majority next year, i commit to the american people that the repeal of obamacare will be job one. by the way, i think we will also be insisting that we have a vote on obama care again before the election. but in terms of achieving it, it would take a different senate with a different majority leader and a different president....
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mitch mcconnell said that kerry would be a popular choice with the senate. as the controversy has brewed over the past couple of weeks over susan rice, her chief opponents have also publicly been saying that they want john kerry, that they think he's the most qualified. if he is nominated, it's very safe to say that he will sale through the senate unless something unbelievable comes up that we don't know about. he's been pretty vetted since the is the senate of the chairman committee. it's been awkward really sort of the atmosphere because everybody has been saying, will she get the votes, what happened in benghazi? meanwhile, we've had to ask him a couple of times what he thinks and it's very awkward for him and so that is over and perhaps he is going to get some good news. >> if john kerry does get the president's nod to be nominated, it opens up his seat in the state of massachusetts and there is politics involved. explain what is going on because some democrats are concerned. >> reporter: that's right. the fact that ted barrett said mitch mcconnell would
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and can you go back to, if boehner is still in power and mitch mcconnell is the minority leader in the senate, can you go back to the brand bargain that they try to put together in 2011. so some version of, you know, simpson-bowles will be the first thing they do no matter who is elected. but if obama is reelected, you also say he's going to make a major push on the environment, also immigration reform. >> i think this is a choice for the president. if you look at the unfinished business, the stuff he started laying out in 2007 and 2008, but was not able to accomplish in the last few years, i think the two biggest things are one, something substantial on climate change, and then, two, a comprehensive immigration reform. and if you think through the politics of those two things. i think it's very unlikely, and i couldn't get almost anyone at the white house to tell me it was likely, that he would push hard on climate change. that the economy will prevent the politics for that issue from changing. if he manages to win and he manages to get through the fiscal cliffs, that the first big do
and can you go back to, if boehner is still in power and mitch mcconnell is the minority leader in the senate, can you go back to the brand bargain that they try to put together in 2011. so some version of, you know, simpson-bowles will be the first thing they do no matter who is elected. but if obama is reelected, you also say he's going to make a major push on the environment, also immigration reform. >> i think this is a choice for the president. if you look at the unfinished business,...
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mitt romney met privately with mitch mcconnell, speaker boehner. not a lot of communication because they don't know each other, romney is unknown, and in part on purpose. he doesn't want to run as somebody tainted by washington. last thing he wants is to be seen shoulder to shoulder, even though he would like advice. >> i sense from the capitol hill side of things that the speaker is very comfortable with talking about the vice presidential picks, very comfortable with names on the top of the list. >> i think he is comfortable with it, to the point about mitt romney, he is not a schmoozer. mitt romney is not a politician comes out, pats you on the back, thinking about tim pawlenty. mitt romney don't do that. three people know about the vice presidential pick and where it is, that's mitt romney, ann romney, and beth meyers running this. there are people vetting potential candidates, but it is like the blind man and the elephant. some are vetting some, some are vetting others. nobody has the full picture here, and that's exactly the way mitt romney w
mitt romney met privately with mitch mcconnell, speaker boehner. not a lot of communication because they don't know each other, romney is unknown, and in part on purpose. he doesn't want to run as somebody tainted by washington. last thing he wants is to be seen shoulder to shoulder, even though he would like advice. >> i sense from the capitol hill side of things that the speaker is very comfortable with talking about the vice presidential picks, very comfortable with names on the top of...
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mcconnell, i will make it 3 to 1. >> that's his challenge. he's been very supportive of president obama so far, hasn't he? >> he's a very big supporter of president obama. he was a lifelong republican who became a democrat a number of years ago he has a very progressive view of the way tax policy should work. on the other hand he doesn't think there should be many regulations governing banks and things like that. his views are an interesting contrarian mix of things, and that's what makes the story so interesting. >> president obama gave a speech caution for in-sourcing, saying we've got to create more jobs here in the united states instead of exporting them someplace else like china or india. i saw it and a lot of people saw it as a thinly veiled criticism of mitt romney, when he was ceo of bain capital window up outsourcing some jobs. did you see it like that as well? >> well, i think that was the subtext in some ways. at the same time everybody is in favor of in-sourcing. mitt romney, every republican, the president, and democrats. people
mcconnell, i will make it 3 to 1. >> that's his challenge. he's been very supportive of president obama so far, hasn't he? >> he's a very big supporter of president obama. he was a lifelong republican who became a democrat a number of years ago he has a very progressive view of the way tax policy should work. on the other hand he doesn't think there should be many regulations governing banks and things like that. his views are an interesting contrarian mix of things, and that's what...